Re: php vs WebCatalog
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texte = Dear Dave, PHP is a general purpose programming environments, much like Perl or C or evenJava. They contain nothing that you or someone else has not already built. Forexample, in WebCat, you can use the tag [cart] to generate a guaranteed uniquevalue; you would have to build your own function in another programminglanguage. It is not easy to do in such a way to ensure that no matter how manyhits you get at the same time, your algorithm is always unique. This is thesort of nontrivial feature built into WebCat that you would need to replicate inanother environment.MySQL is a very nice database, but it lacks transactions and other features ofhigh end databases (like Oracle). It is also based on a textfile databaseformat, so tables with lots of delete/append cycles will grow uncontrollableuntil you pack them. It is also not RAM resident so it is not nearly as fast asWebCat.I am using MySQL for an application that doesn't require the power of acommercial database, and am generally very happy with it. I was infected earlyon with Perl so I have not done more than glance at PHP. Since a developerlicense for WebCat is free (you just download it), you really should have nocomplaints on that front. I'd also have to say that if you think $2500 is a lotof money, you should look for another line of work. You are either clueless asto the cost of professional computer software, or maybe you are just a troll,looking to cause controversy.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: php vs WebCatalog Author:
(WebCatalog Talk)Date: 2/3/00 6:10 PMDear php fanatics,How does php fare against WebCatalog? WebCatalog stores its entire database in RAM and therefore should be very very fast. php pulls info from mySQL. I don't know that much about mySQL, but I presume it does not load into RAM. Based on this, the only place that php would blow away WebCatalog would be with its great price tag. WebCatalog rips you at $2500 for full retail and $1500 for educational.Can anyone with experience with both please chime in.Thanks,Dave-------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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Dear Dave, PHP is a general purpose programming environments, much like Perl or C or evenJava. They contain nothing that you or someone else has not already built. Forexample, in WebCat, you can use the tag [cart] to generate a guaranteed uniquevalue; you would have to build your own function in another programminglanguage. It is not easy to do in such a way to ensure that no matter how manyhits you get at the same time, your algorithm is always unique. This is thesort of nontrivial feature built into WebCat that you would need to replicate inanother environment.MySQL is a very nice database, but it lacks transactions and other features ofhigh end databases (like Oracle). It is also based on a textfile databaseformat, so tables with lots of delete/append cycles will grow uncontrollableuntil you pack them. It is also not RAM resident so it is not nearly as fast asWebCat.I am using MySQL for an application that doesn't require the power of acommercial database, and am generally very happy with it. I was infected earlyon with Perl so I have not done more than glance at PHP. Since a developerlicense for WebCat is free (you just download it), you really should have nocomplaints on that front. I'd also have to say that if you think $2500 is a lotof money, you should look for another line of work. You are either clueless asto the cost of professional computer software, or maybe you are just a troll,looking to cause controversy.John Peacock____________________Reply Separator____________________Subject: php vs WebCatalog Author: (WebCatalog Talk)Date: 2/3/00 6:10 PMDear php fanatics,How does php fare against WebCatalog? WebCatalog stores its entire database in RAM and therefore should be very very fast. php pulls info from mySQL. I don't know that much about mySQL, but I presume it does not load into RAM. Based on this, the only place that php would blow away WebCatalog would be with its great price tag. WebCatalog rips you at $2500 for full retail and $1500 for educational.Can anyone with experience with both please chime in.Thanks,Dave-------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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